''I win!'' Len shouted happily as he put down his last card, proud that he had finally won for once.
Kaito smirked as the boy was just too cute with everything he did. ''Good job.'' He said, ruffling his hand through Len's hair.
They were too busy with the playing cards they didn't notice the door opening, a man stepping inside the room.
''E-excuse me..?'' The man started as the two males turned their heads, looking in his direction. The man looked around middle aged, as he had dark black hair and was wearing a long coat, with underneath some sort of uniform.
''Can I help you?'' Kaito asked, getting up from his sitting position.
''I think you can,'' The man started. ''My name is Masaru, I work for Keihan.''
Len blinked as he had no idea what the man was talking about. Kaito apparently did, as he let out a small 'Oh' and then smiled.
''You mean the bus company?'' He said, as the man nodded.
''I was driving the bus that day…'' He said as he trailed off, clearly feeling bad.
''Are you saying that the bus I ran in front of was yours?'' Len said as he peeked his head from behind Kaito to look at the man.
''I'm so sorry…'' The man said as he walked a little closer to Len. ''You came out of nowhere…''
Len's eyes widened as he could see the man was truly sorry, even though he was the one to blame. ''I'm the one who should be apologizing!'' The blonde said quickly as the man looked at him, surprised.
''I'm sorry, I was really distracted that morning, I wasn't paying attention to anything…'' Len said as the man smiled.
''I'm just glad that you're still alive.'' Masaru said as he reached in one of the pockets of his coat, taking out a small envelope. He walked with it to Len as he put it down on the bed for him.
''This is from the company.'' The man smiled as Len opened it, his eyes widening as he saw there was check in there worth of one billion yen.
''We hope your recovery is swift.'' The man said as he quickly left the room before Len could say anything, his face still frozen and his eyes wide.
Kaito just looked at the boy as he had no idea what was so shocking. He walked over to Len as he caught sight of the check, his eyes also widening. ''Holy…''
''It was my fault though, and he gives me this?'' Len stuttered, his gaze turning towards Kaito as he blinked a few times, trying to make sure he wasn't dreaming.
''I… I don't get it either.'' He said as Len's face suddenly turned into a smile.
''One billion yen…'' He said as Kaito now smiled as well.
''What are you going to do with it?'' The older male asked as the boy shrugged.
''Put it in a savings account?'' Len said as his expression changed from happy to overjoyed, his cheeks heating up as he looked at Kaito. ''Or…''
''Or?'' The blue haired male asked as he found the blonde's face more than adorable right now.
''I dunno…'' Len started as his gaze turned towards the window. ''Maybe… W-we could go s-somewhere…'' He stuttered.
Kaito bit his lip as he couldn't find the words to describe how happy he felt after Len made that statement. He pulled his arms around the boy as he kissed him, crashing his lips onto the blondes as the boy let out a small surprised yelp.
''We can do a lot more than that with this amount of money.'' Kaito said as he let go of the boy, who was of course blushing.
''Like what?'' Len asked, the blue haired male giving him a weak smile.
''Oh I don't know…'' He said, playing dumb as Len pouted. ''Maybe, buy a house?''
The second he said that Len's face turned darker than ever before, his eyes wide as his mouth hung open a bit. ''Y-you m-mean…'' He stuttered as Kaito caressed his cheek with his hand, smiling at the boy.
''It's your money though, just take good care of it.'' Kaito said as Len looked down, his face still burning red. His vision started getting a bit blurry again as he felt his head getting lighter.
''Ugh… I don't feel so good…'' He said as the blue haired male pulled his head up, only to make everything in the room start spinning as he felt an excruciating sharp sting in his leg.
''Ouch! What the hell?'' Len almost stuttered as his breath got stuck in his throat. He reached out with his hand to the cast, but before he could reach it another burst of pain was felt in his leg on the same spot.
''AH!'' Len shouted as he could feel tears well up in his eyes. He could faintly hear Kaito in the back of his mind shouting at him, panicking and asking him what was going on. Len could almost not bare himself to talk as his breath hitched in his throat.
''M-my leg… It hurts!'' He stuttered as he bent over to grab his leg, trying to find the source of the pain, only to be met with new pain as his ribs were still healing.
His mind was too hazy to tell what was happening around him, as he could sense more than just Kaito in his hospital room. He could suddenly feel something in his arm as he couldn't really place it, his whole body going numb as he guessed it was probably something to get him to sleep.
His eyes started becoming heavy as he could hear a weird high pitched sound starting, was that a saw? He let out a last breath as he fell into a sleep, desperately wanting to do so as he wasn't sure he could survive any longer with this kind of pain.
''How's he doing?!'' Rin shouted as soon as she saw Kaito. She run up to him as the red bags underneath her eyes explained her sudden shout. Her mother and father walked to her as they looked at the nurse with the same kind of expression.
Kaito just sighed. ''In these kind of cases I usually lie and tell you that everything is going to be okay and there is nothing to worry about… But I won't this time, I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I did that right now.''
''Thank you.'' The father said as he looked exhausted. They had been waiting for over four hours of pure stress, so everyone must have been tired out of their minds.
''Len has… An infection in his leg, probably from the time that he fell into the water. The cast around his leg had become kind of a save house for the bacteria. We have no idea how but they managed to make a pretty big hole in his leg. They're trying to clean it and remove the bacteria, but if they've managed to get to the bone marrow…'' He stopped as he wasn't sure how to tell them this.
Rin turned around as she hugged her mother, crying crocodile tears as her parents didn't look to happy either.
''The good news is that his arm wasn't affected by the bacteria.'' The blue haired male said, trying to sound optimistic even though he felt like crying too.
''What happens if the bacteria get to the bone marrow?'' The father asked, Kaito letting out a big sigh.
''I'm afraid there is nothing we can do than…'' He said the mother's eyes widening.
''Y-you mean, he's going to lose his… His l-leg?'' She stuttered, now tears rolling down her face as well. Kaito looked down as he slowly nodded, hearing the father curse quietly.
''I'll make sure I get back to you as soon as Len gets out of surgery.'' He said, slowly walking away as he felt like dying from the inside. This was all his fault…
He knew that once the cast got wet, it had to be replaced. And why didn't he? Because he was too busy drooling over Len that he wasn't paying attention to his health…
Kaito walked through the hallway straight to the closed doors of the operating room. His shift had ended hours ago, but he couldn't just go home now. He wanted to wait, and make sure Len was okay…
He sat down on one of the chairs as he looked at the ground, his hands were shaking… He let out a sigh as he felt more determined than ever to make sure he did his job, instead of giving Len affection. He needed to, since this was only proof that he couldn't do both…
''Kaito?'' At the sound of his name being called he looked up, suddenly noticing the wetness on his face as he had been crying. It was Meiko…
''Oh…'' The blue haired male just said as he turned his gaze back to the floor. The woman let out a sigh as she sat down next to him, putting an arm around his shoulders.
''I'm sorry this happened…'' She said as Kaito didn't know what to say. ''I guess we were both too distracted.''
''I know…'' The blue haired male said. ''I won't let this happen again.''
''It's not your fault Kaito…'' The female said as she couldn't believe that he was actually blaming himself for this.
''It is!'' He shouted, looking at Meiko. The brown haired woman as shocked as she had never heard Kaito shout, her mouth partly open as her throat was dry of words. She turned her gaze towards the ground as she didn't want to upset him any further.
''I think we're all to blame…'' She started quietly. ''Everyone knew what happened, but no one did anything. Don't be so hard on yourself.''
Meiko heard the blue haired male swallow as he nodded, leaning his head against her shoulder. She petted his head as she could feel Kaito's tears wetting her sleeve, though she didn't care.
''I should have known when his fever started that something was wrong… But I didn't.'' Kaito said in-between his tears. ''I even gave him morphine... It must have suppressed the pain in his leg as well. If I just hadn't done that we would've noticed earlier. Ugh I feel so stupid!''
''Shh…'' Meiko said as she just kept caressing her friend's hair. ''It's not your fault, you were just doing what anyone would have done in that situation.''
''I still feel like an idiot though…'' Kaito said as his tears had now ceased. He sat back from Meiko's shoulder as he let out a small laugh, the female smiling back at him.
''I'm sure Len is going to be all right.'' She said as Kaito just sighed but nodded.
''I just hope-'' Kaito started but stopped mid-sentence as the doors of the operating room opened, a few assistants rolling out the bed with the boy on it.
The two stood from their seats quickly with wide eyes, their breath stuck in their throat as Kaito almost couldn't look.
Once Len was in sight the assistants walked up to them, clearly exhausted from the surgery. ''Are you here to pick him up?''
''Yes!'' Kaito said as he almost couldn't wait to get Len back to the save hospital room.
''Good.'' She just said as the two walked off, leaving the blonde in the care of Meiko and Kaito.
Kaito just felt himself getting nervous as he looked at the boy, and then down to his waist as his body disappeared underneath the covers. The answer was on the small clipboard that was attached to the bed, but the male was too unsure to look, the dreadful feeling of disappointment washing over him as he could only fear the worst.
''I can't do it… Please check for me?'' Kaito said as he wanted to grab the boy's face and kiss it all over, even though there was a tube going into his mouth and nose. He didn't care, he just wanted Len to be save… With all of his limbs.
Meiko just nodded as she walked over to the end of the bed, picking up the clipboard. She scanned through it as Kaito tried to read her face.
''Well?'' The blue haired male asked as he couldn't make sense of the woman's expression. She looked over to Kaito as he felt his heart beat in his throat.
She smiled weakly at him as she let out a sigh. ''He still has his leg.''
Kaito closed his eyes as he felt his legs give out, the chair thankfully catching him. ''That's good…'' He muttered as he put his hands to his face, his emotions running wild as he felt his sorrow being replaced with euphoria. ''Very good…''
Meiko walked to the blue haired male as she held her hand out for him. ''Let's bring him back to his room.'' She said with a smile as Kaito smiled back at her, taking her hand.
They walked with the bed, which was now on the ground floor, all the way back to Len's room, but Kaito didn't care. He was so happy he had him back, and nothing would stand in his way now to make sure Len got the proper care he needed. And if that meant giving him less affection then so be it…
''Let's get these tubes out of him…'' Meiko said as she smiled at Kaito.
''What?'' He asked as he took out one of the IV's, wondering what the woman was smiling about.
''Why don't you go tell the family?'' She said, waving her hand in the air if to shoo him away.
''Thank you.'' Kaito said as he walked off, leaving Meiko to take care of the rest. He walked to the elevator as he hoped they'd still be there. Of course they wouldn't just leave but it wasn't uncommon, since they still had work and other things to do.
Kaito felt relieved when he saw they were still sitting in the same spot, now with some tea as Rin and her mother both had red eyes. 'I probably have too…' The male thought as he didn't really care now, he just hoped he wouldn't scare them with it as they might think something bad happened because of it.
''Kaito!'' The girl was the first one to spot him once again as she run up to him. The nurse had no idea how she still had the energy after all of this.
''Oh, your eyes are red…'' She said when she got closer to him, her face already changing to a tragic expression. The parents looked worried too now as Kaito just smiled at them, trying to tell them everything was okay.
''Yes I know…'' He started as Rin interrupted him.
''D-does this mean-!'' She started but couldn't finish, her throat too dry.
''Len's okay.'' Kaito quickly said as he received a relieved sigh from all of the people in front of him. ''You can go see him if you want, it will take about half an hour before he wakes up though.''
''Yes please!'' The mother said as Rin nodded. Kaito smiled as he walked with them to the elevator, completely forgetting their tea which was still on the table in the waiting room.
''So what happened? What did they do?'' The father asked. Kaito felt a small drop of sweat go down his back as he didn't even have an answer. He hadn't looked at the clipboard, so he had no idea.
''Err… Well I'm not sure.'' He started. ''I… I didn't have the courage to check the surgery report so I let my coworker do it... I'll check it in a minute if you want?'' Kaito admitted as the father just gave him a weak smile.
''That be great, thank you.'' He said as Kaito just let out a small sigh, his body becoming a little tired as he had been stressing out for four hours straight.
Once they got to the room, Meiko had already left. All of the tubes and other creepy looking things had been removed as Len was now peacefully sleeping.
Rin immediately run up to him as she grabbed his hand, clamping it in her own as she started crying once again, her emotions talking over her actions. Her father walked over to her as he petted her head, as the female stood on the other side of the bed together with Kaito.
''I'll check the report for you.'' Kaito said as he grabbed the clipboard from the bed as everyone's attention was now focused on him. His eyes quickly scanned through the report.
'Report #1 Pre-Surgery: Patient's leg infected with bacteria, removal of the lower left leg may be necessary.
Report #2 During Surgery: Bacteria infected just the flesh, bones in the leg untouched. Removal of infected skin necessary.
Report #3 Post Surgery: Healing time for the leg increases with one week.'
''They removed a big part of the skin on his leg, so I think there will be a scar…'' Kaito started as the people in the room stayed quiet, desperate to hear what else there was. ''Len will be needing to stay here for another week due to the healing time of the skin. That's all.''
''Does it say how much of the skin on his leg was removed?'' The father asked, as Kaito shook his head.
''I can check if you like…'' Kaito said as Meiko probably hadn't replaced the bandage yet.
''Please…'' The man said as the nurse gently grabbed the covers and pulled them off of the boy, revealing both his legs still attached to his body. There wasn't a cast around his left leg this time, but splints to keep Len from moving it but also so the wound could heal. There also was a large cloth around his leg so the fresh wound wasn't out in the open.
''You might want to look away.'' Kaito said as the two females turned their heads around quickly, as the father just kept watching. The nurse smiled at him as a small warning that he was going to uncover the highly likely bloody leg.
He gently pulled the cloth off, revealing an open flesh wound. It wasn't deep though, as Kaito guessed that was the reason they didn't stitch it up. The skin that was removed wasn't as much as he had thought, it was about two inches wide. The blue haired male suddenly noticed that within the open flesh wound, there was a small row of stitching.
Len's father noticed this as well as he pointed it out. ''What's this? Why is this part stitched up?''
''Probably because they removed a part of flesh within the leg…'' Kaito said as he could see the father cringe a bit at this. He covered the wound back up as he stood.
''I'm just going to clean this up right now before he wakes up, since this will hurt.'' The nurse said as he walked into the bathroom, gathering the supplies. As he walked out, he could see Rin holding something in her hands as her parents were now standing on a side of her each.
''Kaito, what is this?'' She asked, the blue haired male walking back to the bed and putting the cleaning supplies down. He looked at what the girl was holding in her hands as he smiled.
''Open it.'' He said, as he could see the girl opening the envelope.
''Keihan?'' The mother asked herself out loud, reading the front of the card as the logo of the bus company was on it.
''When did he get this?'' Rin asked, slowly opening the card as all of their eyes went wide.
''Oh…'' The father quietly said as his eyes hit the check.
''The bus driver gave that to him this morning. After seeing the check Len just froze and the man ran off.'' Kaito smiled as Rin smirked back at him.
''This is amazing!'' She said as run up to the blue haired male and hugged him. Kaito just smiled and accepted, happy for the family and thankful that Len was okay. Now just wait until he wakes up…